Background Over 75% of the annual estimated 9.5 million deaths in India occur in the home,
and the large majority of these do not have a certified cause. India and other developing …

Progress toward the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals requires
improved information on mortality and causes of death. However, causes of many of the fifty …

Introduction India is undergoing rapid epidemiological transition as a consequence of
economic and social change. The pattern of mortality is a key indicator of the consequent …

Background Documentation of the demographic and geographical details of changes in
cause-specific neonatal (younger than 1 month) and 1–59-month mortality in India can …

Background Most of the 48 million annual deaths in low-and middle-income countries
(LMICs) occur without medical attention at the time of death so that the causes of death …

Background The majority of low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have
adequate civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems to properly support health …

A large gap in health conditions has prevailed around the world for many decades.
According to the United Nations estimates, in 2005–2010 life expectancy at birth ranged …

Background Updated information on the cause of childhood mortality is essential for
developing policies and designing programmes targeting the major burden of disease …

Objective Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death
(CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in …

Background Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of
mortality are often made using scanty data. The INDEPTH Network works to alleviate this …